The war on Ukrainian soil: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zlansky Warned tonight (Saturday) that Russia’s invasion of its homeland is “just the beginning” and the Kremlin intends to “invade other countries”.
In a video posted on his telegram, Zalansky called on other countries to fight alongside Ukraine, attacking: “Countries that want to remain neutral are making the most dangerous bet, because that way they will lose everything.”
The president’s remarks come shortly after another mass grave was discovered in the village of Vinordana near Mariupol. The exposed satellite images show a number of long and parallel channels that “will probably become more graves,” the American satellite company Maxar said.
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At the same time, British intelligence estimated this morning that Russian forces had not achieved much in the last 24 hours despite their increased activity. In addition, despite the declarations of occupation of Mariupol, it is clear that the continued fighting in the city is causing great frustration among the Russian forces.
We further noted in the UK that the situation in Mariupol makes it difficult for the Russians to advance in the Donbas region, and that Russia’s air and naval forces have not established control over any of the areas because of the effectiveness of Ukraine’s air and naval defense.
A special report revealed: Germany and France supplied weapons to Russia in parallel with the war
A special report from the European Union revealed that Germany and France had provided advanced offensive weapons to the Russian army until last month, the British newspaper The Telegraph reported today. The report revealed that the two countries, along with eight other members of the union, took advantage of a loophole in the arms embargo imposed on Russia after the annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014, and provided it with weapons until a loophole was revealed.
It is estimated that the cost of weapons provided to Russia by the ten companies in the last eight years is about 350 million euros. Since France and Germany are responsible for the sale of weapons to Russia in the amount of 273 million euros, according to the report. Alongside this, although these are private companies, the governments of France and Germany are the ones required to sign and approve the export licenses.
Russian forces in Ukraine (Photo: REUTERS / Chingis Kondarov)The report states that EU countries have supplied Russia with bombs, missiles, rockets, rifles and other weapons and ammunition. When according to the assessment the probability that this weapon is now used by the Russian army in its invasion of Ukraine is very high.
In response to this, Germany claimed that the Russians claimed that the weapons were intended for the purposes of ongoing security, and that if they had known the intentions of Russia’s attack they would not have approved it.